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EP1943122B1
EP1943122B1 EP06806349A EP06806349A EP1943122B1 EP 1943122 B1 EP1943122 B1 EP 1943122B1 EP 06806349 A EP06806349 A EP 06806349A EP 06806349 A EP06806349 A EP 06806349A EP 1943122 B1 EP1943122 B1 EP 1943122B1
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steering wheel
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Andreas Keinath
Thomas Lindberg
Manfred Schweigert
Richard Pelletier
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Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62DMOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D1/00Steering controls, i.e. means for initiating a change of direction of the vehicle
    • B62D1/02Steering controls, i.e. means for initiating a change of direction of the vehicle vehicle-mounted
    • B62D1/04Hand wheels
    • B62D1/046Adaptations on rotatable parts of the steering wheel for accommodation of switches
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60KARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K20/00Arrangement or mounting of change-speed gearing control devices in vehicles
    • B60K20/02Arrangement or mounting of change-speed gearing control devices in vehicles of initiating means
    • B60K20/06Arrangement or mounting of change-speed gearing control devices in vehicles of initiating means mounted on steering column or the like
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60KARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K26/00Arrangement or mounting of propulsion-unit control devices in vehicles
    • B60K26/02Arrangement or mounting of propulsion-unit control devices in vehicles of initiating means or elements
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60WCONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
    • B60W30/00Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. of systems using conjoint control of vehicle sub-units
    • B60W30/18Propelling the vehicle
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60WCONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
    • B60W2710/00Output or target parameters relating to a particular sub-units
    • B60W2710/10Change speed gearings
    • B60W2710/1005Transmission ratio engaged
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16HGEARING
    • F16H59/00Control inputs to control units of change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
    • F16H59/02Selector apparatus
    • F16H2059/0239Up- and down-shift or range or mode selection by repeated movement
    • F16H2059/0243Up- and down-shift or range or mode selection by repeated movement with push buttons, e.g. shift buttons arranged on steering wheel
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16HGEARING
    • F16H59/00Control inputs to control units of change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
    • F16H59/02Selector apparatus
    • F16H2059/0239Up- and down-shift or range or mode selection by repeated movement
    • F16H2059/0247Up- and down-shift or range or mode selection by repeated movement with lever or paddle behind steering wheel
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16HGEARING
    • F16H59/00Control inputs to control units of change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
    • F16H59/02Selector apparatus

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  • the invention relates to a vehicle with actuators for a gear change and for acceleration.
  • a focus in motor vehicle development is still to reduce the risk of injury to the occupants of a vehicle in an accident.
  • automatic speed control devices or automatic distance devices for motor vehicles are known.
  • the disadvantage of such automatic driver assistance systems lies in the fact that they do not automatically adjust the speed or the distance to the vehicle in front in accordance with the driver's request in special driving situations. In these cases, then a rapid intervention of the driver to override the automatic systems is required. This oversteer by the driver requires in known vehicles by a driver who has already relied, for example, several minutes on the automatic systems and has taken a correspondingly comfortable sitting position, a quick and unerring power with his feet on the brake pedal or accelerator pedal.
  • the invention is based on the object to provide a vehicle that can be comfortably operated without pedals.
  • the invention is therefore also based on the idea to equip a vehicle with a plurality of arranged on the steering wheel actuators, which cooperate with the engine such that actuation of a first actuating element triggers a positive acceleration of the vehicle, and the actuation of a second actuating element, a negative acceleration of the vehicle triggers.
  • the acceleration (positive or negative) is preferably triggered without gear change.
  • An acceleration of the vehicle without a gear change may preferably include, depending on the variant embodiment, a "throttle", a “throttle release” and / or a “brake” or be defined thereby.
  • actuating elements By arranging the actuating elements on the steering wheel, a comfortable operation of the vehicle is made possible, in which one can dispense continuously (for example when using an automatic transmission) or temporarily (for example in the case of a manual transmission) or completely or partially on pedals.
  • actuators such as pedals, shift paddles, gear lever, etc.
  • the invention merely specifies an operating concept for a vehicle, which can be used alternatively or, for example, depending on the driving situation, in addition to other operating concepts.
  • levers as actuators, the levers are located substantially behind the steering wheel.
  • the levers are arranged to further increase the comfort and driving safety on the steering wheel so that they are operable with hands resting on the steering wheel.
  • the lever for triggering a negative acceleration and the lever for triggering a gear change downwards on a first side, for example, to the left of the center of the steering wheel, the lever for triggering a negative acceleration and the lever for triggering a gear change downwards, and on a second side, for example, to the right of the center of the steering wheel, the lever for Triggering a positive acceleration and the lever to initiate a gear change upwards.
  • This arrangement proved in the invention underlying tests to be easy to learn and intuitive to the driver.
  • the dependence between the steering wheel angle and wheel deflection is set such that the maximum wheel deflection required in the current driving situation and / or at the current speed is achieved by a rotation of the steering wheel about a predefined maximum angle.
  • the maximum angle is less than 90 degrees, less than 100 degrees, less than 110 degrees, less than 120 degrees, less than 130 degrees, less than 140 degrees or less than 150 degrees. The smaller the maximum deflection, the safer the operation of the actuators even in curves; the larger the maximum steering wheel angle, the more accurate the desired wheel angle is.
  • FIG. 1 shows a steering wheel 1 of a vehicle, at the right spoke 2 as actuators two levers 3,4 are executed.
  • the levers 3,4 are behind the spoke 2 monostable and resiliently connected to the steering wheel.
  • the upper lever 3 is so mechanically connected to the steering wheel 1, in particular with the spoke 2 of the steering wheel 1, and so technically connected to the transmission of the vehicle, that pressing (indicated by the arrow) of the lever 3 from the stable starting position via a predetermined pressure point a gear change, in particular an upshift triggers.
  • the lower lever 4 is so mechanically connected to the steering wheel 1, in particular with the spoke 2 of the steering wheel 1, and so technically connected to the engine of the vehicle, that pulling (indicated by the arrow) of the lever 4 from the stable starting position an acceleration,
  • a positive acceleration the train triggers, which increases with the degree of deviation of the lever from the starting position.
  • the positive acceleration may in particular result from a "throttle" or an increase in the engine speeds.
  • a corresponding arrangement of levers triggers on the left side of the steering wheel a corresponding gear change down and a corresponding negative acceleration.
  • an automatic driver assistance system for example, can be temporarily overridden if the Driver assistance system does not work according to the driver's request, for example when driving fast to a distant front man (driver can manually brake), with a collapsing vehicle (driver can manually brake), while accelerating in the slipstream of the car in front to overtake (driver can manually accelerate) when driving on a highway (driver can manually accelerate on the acceleration stripe) etc.
  • the invention it is possible not to have to use the feet in good controllable situations. You can thus remain in a comfortable position.
  • the operation of the lever with multiple fingers is haptically pleasant and easy to control.
  • the just described steering lever configuration is functionally combined with an already explained above so-called active steering.
  • FIG. 2 shows an on the steering wheel, for example on a steering wheel spoke, arranged control panel 5 for a driver assistance system, such as an automatic speed control with automatic distance control to the vehicle in front.
  • a driver assistance system such as an automatic speed control with automatic distance control to the vehicle in front.
  • control panel is easily visible and intuitively recorded.
  • it allows intuitive operation of the automatic speed adjustment, since it does not provide any double functions. All operations can be activated by separate keys. Nevertheless, only one operating step is necessary for each standard interaction.
  • An unillustrated display panel corresponding to the operating element has a lane keeping assistance display which visually indicates the activity of the lane keeping assistance function by means of a stylized ramp at the lane borders.
  • the driver After turning on the Lane Keeping Assist system, the driver will not be recognized as long as the lane indicates that the lane keeping assistance system is active but not operational.
  • the display consists only of the yellow edge lines of the ramp; the ramp display is not filled. As soon as the track is recognized (system ready for use), the ramp is additionally filled in orange. The driver can thus easily distinguish all three states.
  • a car also shown moves in perspective away from the viewer or toward him, as soon as another distance for the automatic distance adjustment is set. If it comes to the takeover request, the vehicle is shown very close to the viewer to make it clear that the distance is too small.
  • Such a control panel is easily visible and intuitively recorded.

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  • Arrangement Or Mounting Of Control Devices For Change-Speed Gearing (AREA)

Claims (2)

  1. Véhicule comportant :
    - un moteur,
    - un volant (1), et
    - un ensemble d'éléments d'actionnement (3, 4) installés sur le volant (1) et coopérant avec le moteur pour qu'un actionnement d'un premier élément d'actionnement (4) déclenche une accélération positive du véhicule et que l'actionnement d'un second élément d'actionnement déclenche une accélération négative du véhicule,
    dans lequel
    - les éléments d'actionnement (3, 4) installés sur le volant (1) coopèrent avec la transmission et avec le moteur pour que l'actionnement d'un troisième élément d'actionnement déclenche une descente de rapport de vitesses et que l'actionnement d'un quatrième élément d'actionnement (4) déclenche une montée de rapport de vitesses,
    - les éléments d'actionnement (3, 4) sont réalisés sous la forme de levier (3, 4),
    - les leviers (3, 4) sont installés pratiquement derrière le volant (1),
    - les leviers (3, 4) sont reliés au volant (1) pour se déplacer avec le mouvement du volant (1),
    - les leviers (3, 4) sont installés sur le volant (1) pour pouvoir être actionnés avec les mains sur le volant (1),
    - sur un premier côté du volant, se trouve le levier de déclenchement d'une accélération négative et le levier de déclenchement d'une descente de rapport de vitesses et sur le second côté, se trouvent le levier (4) pour déclencher une accélération positive et le levier (3) pour déclencher une montée de rapport de vitesses,
    - une accélération étant déclenchée en tirant le levier (4) de sa position de repos en direction du conducteur et un changement de rapport est déclenché par l'enfoncement du levier (3) à partir de sa position de sortie en direction s'écartant du conducteur, et
    - un levier (4) pour déclencher une accélération est conçu pour que l'accélération dépende du débattement du levier (4) à partir de sa position de sortie, et
    - un levier (3) pour déclencher un changement de rapport de vitesses et conçu pour déclencher le rapport de vitesses en faisant passer le levier (3) de sa position de sortie par-dessus un point de poussée.
  2. Véhicule selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le braquage des roues déclenché par le braquage du volant, dépend de la situation de conduite et/ou de la vitesse actuelle du véhicule.
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PCT/EP2006/010027 WO2007051523A1 (fr) 2005-11-03 2006-10-18 Vehicule

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